Don't feel bad, Minnesotans SHOULD be able to handle it, but really, they have that whole same "I got an SUV and I can get going, wadda ya mean I can't stop" mentality. Funniest was the big storm when the news hounds were talking to the highway patrol afterwards - he said there had been 96 roll over (non-fender bender type) accidents and 94 of them involved SUVs - as he put it, yeah, in one of those you can pretty much always get going, problem is, you just can't stop any better than anybody else can. . . <br>
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Glad to hear that both you and Debbie made it home ok though. Freezing rain is one of two things that absolutely terrifies me. ;-)))))<br>
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Pamela<br>
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DWUTKA@marlow.com wrote on 2/28/2003<br>
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However, one thing is for sure, Texans don't know how to drive in rain,<br>
snow, or ice. Especially ice. Somehow, a texan in a 4WD vehicle thinks<br>
they have more traction by having four wheel drive. Not quite, you just<br>
have a vehicle that has 4 powered wheels with no traction! <VBG> I even<br>
heard a newsperson tell people that they better use front wheel drive<br>
vehicles. Why? Have you even seen a snow mobile with it's 'skis' in the<br>
back? No, the tread is in the back, and the skis are up front steering.<br>
When you have slippery terrain, the last thing you want is the 'turning'<br>
mechanism trying to 'pull' your vehicle. That just causes your back wheels<br>
to spin out behind you. You need a rear wheel drive vehicle, that is<br>
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